I own a couple Skilogik's, and like them a lot. Hopefully, there will be somewhere to demo the new Bomber and Blossom skis next year.
Ummm...not exactly. The opposite, and very strongly - the same exact force will cause a larger deflection of the ski. The amount of deflection increases as the cube of the ski width (if everything else is kept the same).
Also, I'd thought of stiffness (or some unknown potion), as causing the ability to charge or handle crud/chop in a powder ski, rather than ski width. My Super 7s are wonderful at pure float and handling, but a lot of work once the resort turns to chop and crud after a few hours. Too floppy maybe. And narrower Rossi Sickles 111 are true crud busters, but poor floaters. Anyhow, .....
By "show a lot of Base" or not, with Phil and other folks at Breck who don't, do you mean ski at a high enough edge angle to show base? Wasn't sure. I'm sometimes slow. But I agree with you about different skiing styles and skiing cultures, neither worse or better. Just different. Maybe like different accents in different regions.
Showing a lot of base has two parts to it: 1 high enough edge angles 2 achieving them early in the turn and holding them for a good portion of the turn.
Isn't a Fat-ypus ski one of the two that Silverton regularly carries for its riders? I've forgotten, but seems like.
Your friend Jenn I might have briefly met. She was a Liberty rep on Variant 113 skis, and we skied a few runs and road up on the lift a few times together. At one point, I fell on a groomer on a drop off I didn't see, and she stopped and waited for me. I'm an old guy with a white beard, but it was fun skiing with her, if that's the lady.
I own a couple Skilogik's, and like them a lot. Hopefully, there will be somewhere to demo the new Bomber and Blossom skis next year.
I forgot to mention I ran into your friend on her Variants early this season, at Loveland. I vaguely recall her saying she normally skied elsewhere.
K2 Hellbents were the other ski Silverton carried, I believe, at least at one point.
For me, it's often hard to tell how a ski will handle just from eyeballing or flexing it. Lots of variables, design integration, as @cantunamunch mentioned. For instance, reading the Blistergear review of the Ones, Jonathan starts by discussing how the One seems to have a straighter 5-point shape that normally goes with good crudbusting, rather than a more usual 5-point shape that often goes with floppy in crud. This was beyond me, mostly, though I noticed my K2 Pettitors 120 have a shape more like the One, albeit fatter. And they both float and crudbust. (but also carve or slarve at will).
But the Pettitors are fairly heavy, relative to the V Rocks/I Rocks/Katanas, at least.
In my experience, good crudbusters are much less work, and strain, as a powder day progresses than other types of skis. I'll bet I'd like the Variant 113, if it's not too burly.
I'll be very interested in how you like the V Rocks. They are so light, yet apparently stiff enough. I wonder if they are damp enough in the crud. The reviews seem to suggest it. A good floater/crudbuster has to be damp enough, to me. (One problem with many DPS skis I tried, for example, for me.)
Also, the D Sender 112/E Motion 112s are the same weight and very similar dimensional specs to my Katanas 112. Incredibly light! They seem like a great ski, and much better pricing than the V Werks Katanas.
What's the buzz surrounding Movement Skis?
Ive been skiing fatypus dsenders for a few years now and cannot seem to kill them. Light, stiff enough and really well built. These skis charge hard!
Two seasons?I have some brand new V-Rocks (I-Rocks but different graphic) sitting in the basement. Friends swear by them. I suspect I won't get to ski them till two seasons from now, though.
Two seasons?
Damn...at least you're not going to miss a full season. Light easy groomer skiing beats the hell out of no skiing!Busted my ACL in May. Back to skiing *gently* in January, so I'll be using some soft, relatively narrow skis (specifically the yellow Scott The Ski) to keep forces to a minimum. It does not look like my doc would be happy if I skied hard in the coming season. So, yeah. Two seasons, most likely.
Busted my ACL in May. Back to skiing *gently* in January, so I'll be using some soft, relatively narrow skis (specifically the yellow Scott The Ski) to keep forces to a minimum. It does not look like my doc would be happy if I skied hard in the coming season. So, yeah. Two seasons, most likely.
OR...you could invest in a sit ski and just let 'er rip.Busted my ACL in May. Back to skiing *gently* in January, so I'll be using some soft, relatively narrow skis (specifically the yellow Scott The Ski) to keep forces to a minimum. It does not look like my doc would be happy if I skied hard in the coming season. So, yeah. Two seasons, most likely.
Still think you're being hard on yourself given your level of determination. Could well be that light groomers turns into mildly aggressive all-mountain by the end of the season. After all if you get some superlight pow on groom are you not going to ski that day? Better to exceed expectations than otherwise of course.